LAS CRUCES - Always a hard-fought game, the Las Cruces and Oñate girls basketball teams went to overtime on Friday night with the Bulldawgs winning 51-46.

The Bulldawgs led 12-6 after the first quarter and 24-18 at halftime.

Oñate would come back with an 18-point third quarter, tying the score at 36-36. Each team scored 10 points apiece in the fourth quarter, sending things to OT before the Bulldawgs outscored the Knights 5-0. A the overtime points came at the free-throw line.

"Especially in district," LCHS head coach Matt Abney said about the Bulldawgs-Knights rivalry. "Adjustments are made and the rivalry is a little bit bigger. Tonight is what I expected it to be."

LCHS is now 2-0 in District 3-5A play while Oñate is 0-2.

The Knights were coming off a 47-37 loss at Gadsden that left head coach Ben Trujillo asking for more energy going into Friday's game. He said he got that in the closely-contested affair.

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